Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed in Lok Sabha

Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 About Special Protection Group and their categories News Flash The Lok Sabha passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill amends the Special Protections Group Act, 1988. The Act provides for the constitution and regulation of the Special Protection Group (SPG) to provide security to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers,…

Cartosat-3 Mission/ PSLV-C47 – Indian Space Research Organisation

Cartosat-3 Mission For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About CARTOSAT-3 Mission About Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle About Sun-synchronous orbit About Geostationary transfer orbit News Flash The ISRO successfully launched advanced earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 and 13 other nano-satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The PSLV-C47 carried the CARTOSAT-3 satellite along with the other commercial nano-satellites for the United States. These satellites were launched under commercial arrangement with NewSpace India Limited…

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The silver-backed Chevrotain or Vietnamese mouse deer

Chevrotain Scientific classification Name Tragulus versicolor Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia News Flash: A tiny deer-like creature about the size of a rabbit has been found in the wild for the first time in three decades in southern Vietnam. The silver-backed Chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse deer, was last recorded more than 25 years ago when a team of Vietnamese and Russian researchers obtained a dead chevrotain from a…

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Plants’ DNA may lead to slowing ageing process in humans

SLOWING HUMAN AGEING PROCESS Science has identified in the plant kingdom the “missing link” of cellular immortality between human and single-celled animals, according to a new study led by scientists from Arizona State University and Texas A&M University. This is the first time that researchers have identified the detailed structure of the telomerase component from plants. Telomerase is the enzyme that creates the DNA of telomeres, the compound structures located at the tips…

Merger of two Union Territories Bill, 2019 – UPSC – Diligent IAS

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the bill News Flash The government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to merge the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019, seeks to provide “better delivery of services to the…

70th Constitution Day celebrated across nationwide on 26th November 2019

70th CONSTITUTION DAY Constitution Day of India is celebrated on 26 November every year. Constitution Day of India is also known as Samvidhan Divas or National Law Day or National Constitution Day. November 26 has a unique historical significance as it was on this day in 1949 that the Constitution was adopted, and, thereafter, came into force on January 26, 1950, marking the beginning of India as a republic. Constitution of India With…

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 – UPSC

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 News Flash The Rajya Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 by voice vote that seeks to provide a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgender persons in India. Voice Vote In parliamentary procedure, a voice vote or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative…

National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 – Diligent IAS

National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Key Highlights of the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 News Flash The Lok Sabha passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 by a voice vote. It has already been cleared by the Rajya Sabha. Voice Vote In parliamentary procedure, a voice vote or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies in which a group…

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Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia, where no life can exist

Dallol geothermal field Researchers have found a place on Earth that does not harbour any form of life despite the presence of water: hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia. The infernal landscape of Dallol, located in the Ethiopian depression of Danakil, extends over a volcanic crater full of salt, constantly releasing toxic gases with water boiling in the midst of the intense hydrothermal activity. According to researchers,…

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Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 – Current Affairs – UPSC

Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: All about Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 News Flash The Rajya Sabha discussed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after it was passed by Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to amend the Chit Funds Act, 1982 which regulates chit funds and prohibits a fund from being created without the prior sanction of a State Government. The amendments have been made to facilitate…

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